TV Review: The Mindy Project Season 3, Episode 14 “No More Mr. Noishe Guy”

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Upon reflection, “No More Mr. Noishe Guy” was actually a massive game-changer. Not only did we lose perhaps the best supporting character, but something happened at the end to switch everything up and change the course of the show in a way that I really didn’t think would happen until the end of this season.

Firstly, this was Adam Pally’s final episode as a series regular. While the reason for his exit was pretty predictable (he moves to Texas to be with Lauren and her son Henry), the way in which it was done was quite touching, with a little bit of a Peter Prentice twist. When Lauren dumps Jeremy and gets a job in Texas, Peter realises that he wants to be with her. The Mindy Project gives us another classic romantic comedy moment in the form of Peter surprising Lauren at the airport, made even more romantic when he reveals that he had to by a $1000 ticket to Winnipeg just to get past security. Lauren tells Peter that she wants to work on things, and so much to Danny and Jeremy’s dismay, Peter quits Schulman and Associates to pack up his life and be with his semi-new girlfriend in Austin.

Meanwhile, Mindy is loving her life in Stanford and is contemplating an offer from Dr Gurglar (guest star Tate Ellington) to start up a new practice in San Francisco. He wants Danny to come too, but unfortunately Danny not only hates San Francisco, but he has bought a new house in Harlem for he and Mindy to fix up (it’s got a pretty terrible rat problem). Mindy confides in Peter that she doesn’t know what she wants to do, but at Peter’s going away party, Dr Gurglar surprises Mindy and reveals everything to Danny. Danny is not impressed (as we can tell, because as Mindy points out, he becomes very ethnic when he’s furious), but the two semi-make up by then end of the episode. Peter packs up his office and says goodbye to his fellow “vaginistas”, but saves the last goodbye for his best friend, Mindy. He calls her to tell her that her lab results have come back from the gynaecological exam he performed on her – Mindy Lahiri is pregnant.

It actually makes sense to have these two bombshell events occur in the same episode – it’s a case of when one door closes, another opens. Although it’s sad to see Adam Pally go, it’s a great move to make Mindy pregnant this early in the game. I didn’t expect Mindy and Danny to take the next step in their relationship until later in the season (as is common with US sitcoms, they certainly like to drag it all out), so the fact that Mindy’s pregnant is a massive game-changer. Even though The Mindy Project has had its rocky moments this season, I always admire the fact that they don’t stick to traditional sitcom way of doing things. Nothing is ever dragged out, particularly when it comes to Mindy and Danny, and that is an exciting thing to encounter because, as this episode proves, everything can change in a moment.

I know that Schulman and Associates will be fine without Peter Prentice. It seems like Dr Gurglar is being set up to take his place, and I’m fine with that – but I am seriously going to miss Adam Pally. Peter has gone from being an immature, awful man-child to becoming a mature and functioning adult in the space of a season. He went from my least favourite character to my favourite, and his relationship with Mindy was fantastic. I hope that he returns for future episodes – perhaps to deliver Mindy and Danny’s baby? I don’t know what’s going to come next for The Mindy Project – and I love it.

Review Score: FOUR STARS (OUT OF FIVE)

The Mindy Project screens in Australia on Channel 7

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